Inside the Sacred Mountain and the new Seeker
Horizon Zero Dawn: Story & Ending Explained (Spoilers Summary)
After the attack on the village and the death of Rost, Aloy finds herself inside of the mountain where the Nora village is located. She’s there with Teersa and the other Higher Matriarchs. After being told that so many people have died and that the killers are on the run, Aloy still has tons of questions. She remembers that the enemies had Focuses and that she managed to take one off of them. After examining it with her own Focus, she learns two things. The first is that they’re targeting a woman that looks almost exactly like her (could it be the mother nobody ever saw?), and the second is that they were able to find her through Olin’s focus meaning he’s in cahoots with the bad guys.
Before going to find Olin, though, Teersa has something to show Aloy, the place she was found. It turns out that she was found within the mountain in front of a large, steel door. It’s some type of bunker that nobody has been able to enter, and it’s believed that she came from within, which is why the other Higher Matriarchs hate her. The Nora are against anything that has to do with the robots and where they come from, and entering such a place is strictly forbidden so you can imagine what being born in one would mean to the tribe. Teersa believes that Aloy can open the door and when she tries she is scanned by a biometric scanner in the door. It determines that she is a 99.47% DNA match to the woman that looks like her. This also shows that the woman is connected to the door and would normally have access, unfortunately, there’s been a glitch. She will be granted access only if she can clear the corruption in the world.
Aloy shares everything she knows so far with Teersa and the Matriarch makes the decision to give Aloy the blessing of Seeker. A Seeker is given the right to go absolutely anywhere, even forbidden lands, in order to serve a greater purpose. They know that the machines, which have been hostile, are part of the issue, and that the killers may have a part in it. Aloy is entrusted with the task of seeking out the truth and ending the corruption.
The journey won’t be an easy one, and it will require Aloy to leave the safety of the mountain for the first time. Knowing that Olin is involved, she sets her sights for Meridian, the Carja city, to speak with Erend and hopefully get information on Olin.
